AGM - Tuesday 16th March 8PM at the Portland Arms
It's that time of year again - time to stand up and be counted, your chance to stand for high office without the danger of being embroiled in an expenses scandal.
8PM start at the Portland Arms http://theportlandarmspub.co.uk/ at AL3 4RA.
We'll be feeding you, so no need to eat before you come.
If you'd like to see the agenda before hand, or have anything you'd like to add to the AOB section, please contact one of the committee.
Look forward to not being able to squeeze into the bar.
Sunday, 14 March 2010
Hold the front page!
Hold the front page!
We're in the Herts Advertiser - Thanks to some background work by David and an evening hosted by Jon, we've a good spread in the 11 March issue.
Not normaily given to flights of fancy, the reporter describes been introduced to a 'strapping young gentelman' - Names on a post card please!
A fantastic bit of publicity for fencing generilly, and most importantly for St Albans Fencing Club.
The full article can be found at hertsad24.co.uk - a scan of the article is available on our flickr account
We're in the Herts Advertiser - Thanks to some background work by David and an evening hosted by Jon, we've a good spread in the 11 March issue.
Not normaily given to flights of fancy, the reporter describes been introduced to a 'strapping young gentelman' - Names on a post card please!
A fantastic bit of publicity for fencing generilly, and most importantly for St Albans Fencing Club.
The full article can be found at hertsad24.co.uk - a scan of the article is available on our flickr account
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Herts Senior Championships
Herts Senior Championships are on the 15th May (Saturday):
Seniors Foil 11:30 - 11:45
Sabre 14:00 - 14:15
Epee 15:30 - 15:45
Check-In Times:
Novices Foil 10:00 - 10:15Seniors Foil 11:30 - 11:45
Sabre 14:00 - 14:15
Epee 15:30 - 15:45
Monday, 1 March 2010
Upcoming matches
Upcoming matches - St Albans v
Home to Watford 11th March 2010
Home to Watford 11th March 2010
Home to Milton Keynes 8th April 2010
Away to Bedford 18th May 2010
Home to Luton 8th July 2010
Match report - Feb 24th
Watford Vs St Albans 24
th
February
It is most pleasing to report an overall victory in our fourth fixture! A convincing win in epee (7:2) but another 4:5 defeat in foil.
Teams: Epee- David White, Jason and David Reid
Foil –Peter Davies, David White and Philip
Foil –Peter Davies, David White and Philip
DW did several ‘catwalk’ changes in order to fence epee and foil, doing the club proud in both. Peter Davies defeated Andy Docherty convincingly in the first bout, Andy being a past HFA Foil Champion.
At 4:4 in the foil it fell to DW for the decider, but victory was not to be ours. There is the return match, though, at home on 11 March, so do come and support your teams!
Friday, 29 January 2010
Match report - Jan 28th
Milton Keynes Vs St Albans 28 Jan
Unfortunately, this third fixture result was a long way removed from our dead heat last week with Bedford. The Epee team of Jason, Tim and David managed a competent 5:4 victory. There were no marginal results and Tim's heels were much quieter! It was a bit unnerving to see a named jacket with 'WAL' underneath it, but a few discreet enquiries informed us that the opponent was 'merely' a sabreur. Jason managed a vital clean sweep and the exercise helped him along the road in recovering his former svelte figure (last seen in the 1990's?!).
Matters went downhill after that, convincingly losing the foil 7:2.
With the team initially comprising Philip and James, David was persuaded to swap his epee for a proper sword and 'get on with it'. Unfortunately (that word again, so you probably guess what is coming next) Mr 'WAL' doubled up on foil, too! But David promptly stood up to the mark and scored both our victories.
Convincingly lost the foil? Well, let's look at that in a bit more detail, shall we? Were there any 'marginal' defeats? Yes- two, with both lost by Philip.
So............ if Philip had turned them into 5:4 VICTORIES,
then.........? OK, stop right there! I know where you are going with this one- the foil score would still have been a defeat, but 4:5, not 2:7, right?
Yes. And then............? Oh, no! It would have been another dead heat; Bedford all over again! Calculators at five paces, anyone???
Remember: "the fencing is not over until the 5:4 loser swings!" (or is that whinges? ED)
The next fixture is 24 February; away to Watford.
Unfortunately, this third fixture result was a long way removed from our dead heat last week with Bedford. The Epee team of Jason, Tim and David managed a competent 5:4 victory. There were no marginal results and Tim's heels were much quieter! It was a bit unnerving to see a named jacket with 'WAL' underneath it, but a few discreet enquiries informed us that the opponent was 'merely' a sabreur. Jason managed a vital clean sweep and the exercise helped him along the road in recovering his former svelte figure (last seen in the 1990's?!).
Matters went downhill after that, convincingly losing the foil 7:2.
With the team initially comprising Philip and James, David was persuaded to swap his epee for a proper sword and 'get on with it'. Unfortunately (that word again, so you probably guess what is coming next) Mr 'WAL' doubled up on foil, too! But David promptly stood up to the mark and scored both our victories.
Convincingly lost the foil? Well, let's look at that in a bit more detail, shall we? Were there any 'marginal' defeats? Yes- two, with both lost by Philip.
So............ if Philip had turned them into 5:4 VICTORIES,
then.........? OK, stop right there! I know where you are going with this one- the foil score would still have been a defeat, but 4:5, not 2:7, right?
Yes. And then............? Oh, no! It would have been another dead heat; Bedford all over again! Calculators at five paces, anyone???
Remember: "the fencing is not over until the 5:4 loser swings!" (or is that whinges? ED)
The next fixture is 24 February; away to Watford.
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Match report - Jan 24th
St Albans vs Bedford Jan 24
In our second outing of the season we achieved a dead heat, losing the epee 2:7, winning the foil 7:2, but with indicators across both weapons at -18 and +18. How unlikely or unlucky is that? The scoresheets have therefore been passed to the Three Counties Organiser for adjudication.
Watch this space- although he might decide to do nothing and leave it to our return match in May.
Bedford's Russ, Graham and Adam fenced epee first against Jason, Tim and David. Most of this happened whilst two thirds of the foil team were doing maintenance work on the storage cupboard doors. After their convincing win, Bedford then changed over to foil. My recollection is that Adam was the more controlled, innovative and faster moving team member and probably caused our teams more of a headache. To be fair, Liam H had mentioned a few weeks ago that the Bedford foilists were becoming stronger (previously it had a predominance in epee and sabre).
With the foil comprising Andy, Philip and Ben, it was Ben that got the only clean sweep of the evening, with a fine display of his close quarters swordplay. Some of you may recall this at our Open Air last September (there are still some photos on the website).
With no bones, blood vessels, boxes or blades broken, I suppose you could call that a result in itself!
Since I do not have the scoresheets, I do not know how close the bouts were. The same teams may, therefore, have to be fielded at the next match by default- unless more of you are interested in putting your name forward!?
Let Philip know.
In our second outing of the season we achieved a dead heat, losing the epee 2:7, winning the foil 7:2, but with indicators across both weapons at -18 and +18. How unlikely or unlucky is that? The scoresheets have therefore been passed to the Three Counties Organiser for adjudication.
Watch this space- although he might decide to do nothing and leave it to our return match in May.
Bedford's Russ, Graham and Adam fenced epee first against Jason, Tim and David. Most of this happened whilst two thirds of the foil team were doing maintenance work on the storage cupboard doors. After their convincing win, Bedford then changed over to foil. My recollection is that Adam was the more controlled, innovative and faster moving team member and probably caused our teams more of a headache. To be fair, Liam H had mentioned a few weeks ago that the Bedford foilists were becoming stronger (previously it had a predominance in epee and sabre).
With the foil comprising Andy, Philip and Ben, it was Ben that got the only clean sweep of the evening, with a fine display of his close quarters swordplay. Some of you may recall this at our Open Air last September (there are still some photos on the website).
With no bones, blood vessels, boxes or blades broken, I suppose you could call that a result in itself!
Since I do not have the scoresheets, I do not know how close the bouts were. The same teams may, therefore, have to be fielded at the next match by default- unless more of you are interested in putting your name forward!?
Let Philip know.
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